From e54c1f2d2533c5406abeb8e3e0cf78c68ca9c21e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Nieder Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 18:14:05 -0800 Subject: pager: set LV=-c alongside LESS=FRSX On systems with lv configured as the preferred pager (i.e., DEFAULT_PAGER=lv at build time, or PAGER=lv exported in the environment) git commands that use color show control codes instead of color in the pager: $ git diff ^[[1mdiff --git a/.mailfilter b/.mailfilter^[[m ^[[1mindex aa4f0b2..17e113e 100644^[[m ^[[1m--- a/.mailfilter^[[m ^[[1m+++ b/.mailfilter^[[m ^[[36m@@ -1,11 +1,58 @@^[[m "less" avoids this problem because git uses the LESS environment variable to pass the -R option ('output ANSI color escapes in raw form') by default. Use the LV environment variable to pass 'lv' the -c option ('allow ANSI escape sequences for text decoration / color') to fix it for lv, too. Noticed when the default value for color.ui flipped to 'auto' in v1.8.4-rc0~36^2~1 (2013-06-10). Reported-by: Olaf Meeuwissen Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/config.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index ab26963d61..81064507b6 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -567,6 +567,10 @@ be passed to the shell by Git, which will translate the final command to `LESS=FRSX less -+S`. The environment tells the command to set the `S` option to chop long lines but the command line resets it to the default to fold long lines. ++ +Likewise, when the `LV` environment variable is unset, Git sets it +to `-c`. You can override this setting by exporting `LV` with +another value or setting `core.pager` to `lv +c`. core.whitespace:: A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to -- cgit v1.2.1